Biology:Ajuga

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ajuga
Ajuga reptans LC0138.jpg
Common bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Tribe: Ajugeae
Genus: Ajuga
L.(1753)
Type species
Ajuga reptans
L.
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Abiga Saint-Lager
  • Bugula P. Miller
  • Chamaepitys Hill
  • Moscharia Forssk. 1775 rejected name, not Ruiz & Pav. 1794 conserved name
  • Phleboanthe Tausch
  • Rosenbachia Regel
  • Bulga Kuntze
Ajuga on fine gravel

Ajuga /əˈɡə/,[4] also known as bugleweed,[5] ground pine,[6] carpet bugle, or just bugle, is a genus of flowering plants in the Ajugeae tribe of the mint family Lamiaceae. There are over 60 species[7] of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous plants.[8] They are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[7]

They grow to 5–50 cm (2–20 in) tall, with opposite leaves.[9]

Species

Species accepted within Ajuga include:[3]

  • Ajuga arabica P.H.Davis – Saudi Arabia
  • Ajuga australis R.Br. - Australia
  • Ajuga bombycina Boiss. – Aegean Islands, Turkey
  • Ajuga boninsimae Maxim. – Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands of Japan)
  • Ajuga brachystemon Maxim. – Uttarakhand, Nepal, northern India
  • Ajuga campylantha Diels – Yunnan
  • Ajuga campylanthoides C.Y.Wu & C.Chen – Tibet, central China
  • Ajuga chamaecistus Ging. ex Benth. – Iran, Afghanistan
  • Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. – central + southern Europe, central + southwestern Asia
  • Ajuga chasmophila P.H.Davis – Syria
  • Ajuga ciliata Bunge – China, Korea, Japan
  • Ajuga davisiana Kit Tan & Yildiz – Turkey
  • Ajuga decaryana Danguy ex R.A.Clement – Madagascar
  • Ajuga decumbens Thunb. – decumbent bugle[10] – China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
  • Ajuga dictyocarpa Hayata – - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
  • Ajuga fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot – Korea
  • Ajuga flaccida Baker – Madagascar
  • Ajuga forrestii Diels – China, Tibet, Nepal
  • Ajuga genevensis L. – central + southern Europe, Caucasus; naturalized in North America
  • Ajuga grandiflora Stapf – South Australia
  • Ajuga incisia Maxim – Honshu Island in Japan
  • Ajuga integrifolia Buch.-Ham. – central + eastern Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, China, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea
  • Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb. – Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Madeira to Turkey and Palestine
  • Ajuga japonica Miq. – Japan
  • Ajuga laxmannii (Murray) Benth. – southeastern Europe from Czech Republic to Greece; Turkey, Caucasus
  • Ajuga leucantha Lukhoba – Uganda, DRoC, Ethiopia
  • Ajuga linearifolia Pamp. – China
  • Ajuga lobata D.Don – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
  • Ajuga lupulina Maxim. - China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
  • Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, northern + eastern India, northern Indochina
  • Ajuga makinoi Nakai – Honshu Island in Japan
  • Ajuga mollis Gladkova – Crimea
  • Ajuga multiflora Bunge – Korean pyramid bugle[10] – China, Korea, Chita region of Siberia, Amur, Primorye
  • Ajuga nipponensis Makino – China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan
  • Ajuga novoguineensis A.J.Paton & R.J.Johns – New Guinea
  • Ajuga nubigena Diels – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
  • Ajuga oblongata M.Bieb. – Iraq, Caucasus
  • Ajuga oocephala Baker – Madagascar
  • Ajuga ophrydris Burch. ex Benth. – South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho
  • Ajuga orientalis L. – eastern Mediterranean
  • Ajuga ovalifolia Bureau & Franch. – China
  • Ajuga palaestina - Palestine (Region), Turkey[11]
  • Ajuga pantantha Hand.-Mazz. – Yunnan
  • Ajuga parviflora Benth. – Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal
  • Ajuga piskoi Degen & Bald. – Albania, Yugoslavia
  • Ajuga postii Briq. – Turkey
  • Ajuga pygmaea A.Gray – China, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
  • Ajuga pyramidalis L. – central + southern Europe
  • Ajuga relicta P.H.Davis – Turkey
  • Ajuga reptans L. – Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus; naturalized in New Zealand, North America, and Venezuela
  • Ajuga robusta Baker – Madagascar
  • Ajuga salicifolia (L.) Schreb. – Balkans, Crimea, southern Russia, Turkey
  • Ajuga saxicola Assadi & Jamzad – Iran
  • Ajuga sciaphila W.W.Sm..- southwestern China
  • Ajuga shikotanensis Miyabe & Tatew – Japan, Kuril Islands
  • Ajuga sinuata R.Br. – New South Wales
  • Ajuga spectabilis Nakai – Korean bugle[10] – Korea
  • Ajuga taiwanensis Nakai ex Murata – Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines
  • Ajuga tenorii C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl – Italy
  • Ajuga turkestanica (Regel) Briq. – Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  • Ajuga vesiculifera Herder – Kyrgyzstan
  • Ajuga vestita Boiss. – Turkey, Iran
  • Ajuga xylorrhiza Kit Tan – Turkey
  • Ajuga yesoensis Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav. – Japan
  • Ajuga zakhoensis Rech.f. – Iraq

Gallery

References

  1. "Ajuga". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Ajuga. 
  2. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2004-09-10). "Genus: Ajuga L.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?342. 
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607; OED: "Ajuga"
  5. Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.
  6. Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved February 04, 2010
  7. Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 "Ajuga L." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/20646-1. 
  8. "Ajuga". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=100916. 
  9. C. F. Leyel (1946). Compassionate Herbs. Faber and Faber Limited. https://archive.org/stream/compassionateher033486mbp#page/n7/mode/2up. 
  10. Jump up to: 10.0 10.1 10.2 English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 345. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2016. 
  11. "Ajuga chamaepitys subsp. Palaestina (Boiss.) Bornm". https://www.gbif.org/species/7566649. 

Wikidata ☰ Q158472 entry